Instead of cloistering myself in my room, or joining the crowd at the university library, I took my studies into the public library just down the street. Immediately upon entering the library I found myself in the middle of a raging book sale. I exited the fray an hour later, the proud owner of one Archie comic (for my housemate), and a Sesame Street songbook (for myself). Never has $1.25 been better spent.

The library itself provided just the right level of ambient noise (thanks to the chess club I found myself sitting next to.) for me to study to. Before I left for home, I visited the piano practice room and played some Brahms.

I am always rediscovering my love for libraries, and I'm really starting to like Hamilton.

I feel completely and happily wrung out.

Shermeen and I had accumulated quite a bit of music for the wedding we'll be playing at on Friday. The task for today was to try out pieces and just get back in the groove of making music. For almost three hours today, we whipped through the varied works of many a great artist. We played everything from Mozart to the Backstreet Boys. The bottom line?
1. Shermeen is an incredible musician.
2. I have not really played piano since the summer of 2000. It shows.
3. I don't think there is anything that requires the same speed of thought, fine motor control, co-ordination and timing as music. And to do it all with feeling! If only I had more talent. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak!

It's looking like we'll play a piece by Massenet, some maritime fiddle music, a kicking concerto by Accolay, and an assortment of classical music. It's going to be fantabulous.

On an unrelated note, when was the last time you learned something new? Assaulted your senses with information so foreign and novel that your world paradigm was stretched, torn, tattered! Keep those brain cells firing. Go HERE and get learning!

I'm definitely leaning towards cutting my hair myself. Nothing ventured, nothing gained!

My class is going to see Hairspray in November. I've just spent the night downloading all the songs from the musical so I can prepare myself. I think I'll enjoy it a lot more if I know the music before hand.

I'm trying to convince a friend to date someone because he's rich. This makes good sense to me.

A girl in my unit two group is getting married next week. Shermeen (Also another med student. A link to her website is in the sidebar of this page) and I will be playing at the reception, she on the violin and I on the piano. We went today to the library and then to a music store to scare up some sheet music. I really enjoy a good music store. It's a place overfilling with possibility. I almost bought a violin, but decided that it is a purchase I should sit on.

This wedding could potentially derail my plans for a self-haircut this weekend. I had intended to buy a razor and cut my hair myself (It's convenient, cost-effective, and quite a cool skill to have.), but now I worry that I'll look like a right fool at the wedding. On the other hand, my confidence is such that I genuinely believe that I'll be able to do a good job. To cut or not to cut?

There have been a great number of birthdays of late. I scarce leave one birthday party that I find myself at another. Amidst all the festivities, the late nights, and the bowling I am busy trying to learn all I can about the musculoskeletal system. Still, I found time tonite to make a watermelon sorbet! It's freezing as I write.

And I'm finally back and connected again!

I've been at school for two weeks, and I just got internet and phone late last week. It's been hectic trying to run errands and do schoolwork without them. My dependence on technology is startling.

The good news is that I'm finally more or less all settled into my new place. I now live on the 7th floor of a cool, hip apartment in downtown Hamilton. I live with another medical student. More on that some other time.

It's a bit late, so my thoughts are a wee scattered. I have quite a bit of family here in Hamilton. I will try and see them more this year.